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Carmen

by: Cecil B Demille

Publication date: 1915
Usage: Public Domain Mark 1.0
Topics: crime, carmen, don jose, prosper merimee, cecil b demille, jesse lasky, romance, obsession, love, silent film, feature film, gypsy, paramount pictures
Publisher: Paramount Pictures
Language: English
Item Size: 1.1G

Cecil B Demille's 1915 film of Prosper Merimee's 1845 novella (which was the basis of Bizet's famous opera.)

Carmen, a gypsy woman, seduced lawyer Don Jose in an attempt to assist her clan's smuggling trade. Don Jose is obsessed with Carmen and turns to crime to maintain her attentions.